Do you want to how to become a successful Scrum Master? Do you know what is the first thing a Scrum Master should be focused on doing? Is it managing requirements? Is it scheduling and running meetings? Is it reporting Development Team progress? Find out what really is a Scrum Master's responsibilities from Robb Pieper, a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer and CEO of Responsive Advisors, in his latest video blog.
I would be cautious suggesting that scrum Masters should do nothing. I know your vlog is emphasizing that they should not be doing the 'grunt' work of the team but if the Scrum Masters role is to ' make the team great', there's no reason they can't contribute to any part of the teams work based on their skills. This might mean putting structure to a user story or helping to test or any other activity that would help the team. This is particularly true with smaller teams as it can be hard for most organizations to justify the investment in having a scrum master as a dedicated role. There is in fact some merit in considering having the role of the scrum master transition to other interested team members.
The people who wrote agile made sure they have a job for themselves, ( guess which one ) fun fact : scrum masters are paid if not more almost same amount of salary as a developer, may be we all should look for a career change and eat donuts at work, all day long!
The title contradicts the video content. The advice I heard is the scrum master should be mentoring, guiding, etc to empower the team. When they are done they get a donut.
And in comes senior management who fires all scrum masters because of a blog post title which is misleading.
I'm new Scrum master and have come from project management and data analysis side, I do help the team with any possible way like test, follow up with stakeholders if there is blocker etc
But I'm still susceptibe on role of Scrum master
I actually think this is a huge problem in the industry, that scrum masters are so overpaid. It encourages people to move into the role because it pays and not because they're passionate about helping teams reach their potential. I was in QA before and wanted to see change in my team to make us better. I didn't get a pay rise for stepping into the Scrum Master role and I actually did both roles together for many years. Now I've moved companies a few times I feel a little uncomfortable about what I'm paid but I'm probably at the lower end compared to others I work with.
I've met people at meetups who don't work in software, have no experience with development but they're trying to enter the industry by doing a SM course as it's the quickest way to get into a high paid role with the least work. Very sad.
thanks for all the comments. The general idea was just that a Scrum Master should be aiming to do nothing, but that will never happen. if your teams are perfect, you'll have time for a donut. No Scrum team is ever perfect. but if a Scrum Master is always doing the grunt work of the team, it takes their ability to self-organize away.
I think good scrum masters are underpaid if anything. But then, IMO a good scrum master as a servant leader is more akin to the leader as a developer of people mindset and should be paid roughly equivalently to a traditional dev manager.
I also went from QA to SM/PMO. I'm very passionate about the work and good at what I do but can't afford to renew my cert. Why? Because I had to take a job in a nonprofit and now, can't afford $1500 for a SM certification - required to get hired.
Meanwhile, people who just want a check who are terrible at their jobs are getting hired left and right.
Great insight.
No, no, no. You buy enough donuts for the team!!
